...about Sarah Palin's infant story.
Sunday, August 31, 2008
That Governor from Montana
Gotta love Brian Schweitzer, a guy who can get people excited about a speech on energy!
In his DNC speech he pointed out that the US uses 25% of the world's oil production and has 3% of its reserves. I know that in time every place that has oil will be drilled; there won't be a gallon left in the ground. But it won't solve our problem.
My favorite quote is in this screenshot:
Here's the full speech. If you don't have 15 minutes, advance to about 13:00 and watch how he energizes the crowd:
The Veep from Nowhere on the Bridge to Nowhere
August 2006:
"People across the nation struggle with the idea of building a bridge because they’ve been under these misperceptions about the bridge and the purpose," said Palin, who described the link as the Ketchikan area’s potential for expansion and growth. Palin said Alaska’s congressional delegation worked hard to obtain funding for the bridge and that she "would not stand in the way of the progress toward that bridge".September 2006:
"We need to come to the defense of Southeast Alaska when proposals are on the table like the bridge and not allow the spinmeisters to turn this project or any other into something that’s so negative."August 2008:
"I championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress. In fact, I told Congress — I told Congress, ‘Thanks, but no thanks,’ on that Bridge to Nowhere. ‘If our state wanted a bridge’, I said, ‘we’d build it ourselves’".Sphere: Related Content
Not to Worry
Gov. Sarah Palin has as much foreign policy experience as Gov. George W. Bush did in 2000.
Sphere: Related ContentSaturday, August 30, 2008
The Wit and Wisdom of Sarah Palin
Do you feel ready to be a heartbeat away from the presidency?
"Absolutely. Yup, yup. Especially with a good team around us."
That's the best she can do?
Have you thought about foreign policy more than the next Vice President of the United States?
I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq. I heard on the news about the new deployments, and while I support our president, Condoleezza Rice and the administration, I want to know that we have an exit plan in place; I want assurances that we are doing all we can to keep our troops safe. Every life lost is such a tragedy. I am very, very proud of the troops we have in Alaska, those fighting overseas for our freedoms, and the families here who are making so many sacrifices.
- Sarah Palin in 2007
Friday, August 29, 2008
Meet Larry, Darryl and Darryl
SEPARATED AT BIRTH?
DENVER — A group of suspected drug users arrested in Denver this weekend with methamphetamine, guns and bulletproof vests made racist threats against Barack Obama but posed no true danger to the presidential candidate as he accepts the Democratic nomination this week, federal authorities said Tuesday.
The three men — all high on methamphetamine when arrested — are the subject of an assassination investigation but so far, authorities say, it appears that they had no capacity to carry out any attack on Obama.
"The law recognizes a difference between a true threat — one that can be carried out — and the reported racist rantings of a drug addict," U.S. Attorney Troy Eid said.
He said the men's plans were "more aspirational, perhaps, than operational."
An affidavit released by Eid's office Tuesday showed the investigation into alleged threats began with an unnamed female who was with the men — Tharin Gartrell, 28; Shawn Robert Adolf, 33; and Nathan Johnson, 32 — while they were doing drugs in a Denver hotel room last weekend.
The woman told police that the men were calling Obama the N-word and saying he shouldn't live in the White House.
"A bunch of meth heads get together, we don't know why they do what they do. … People do lots of stupid things on meth," Eid said.
Johnson told a Denver TV station that others involved in the case had made racist statements regarding Obama and had discussed killing him Thursday, the day of his acceptance speech at Invesco Field at Mile High.
"He don't belong in political office. Blacks don't belong in political office. He ought to be shot," Johnson told KCNC-TV Monday in an interview from jail.
Gartrell was arrested after police east of Denver stopped a truck swerving erratically around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. He had a suspended driver's license and the truck was rented in the name of another person, said Aurora police Detective Marcus Dudley.
Aurora police Lt. Bob Stef said police saw two scoped rifles, two wigs, camouflage clothing, a bulletproof vest and two walkie-talkies in the truck. A search also revealed 4.4 grams of what police believed to be methamphetamine and three IDs in other people's names, Stef said.
Johnson and Adolf were arrested in area hotel rooms after interviews with Gartrell. Adolf jumped out a sixth-story window when police arrived Sunday. He broke his ankle in the fall.
Sphere: Related ContentTuesday, August 19, 2008
Finally
Been waiting for Barack to call McCain on his inference that Obama is a traitor...
"These are the judgments I've made and the policies that we have to debate, because we do have differences in this election. One of the things that we have to change in this country is the idea that people can't disagree without challenging each other's character and patriotism. I have never suggested that Sen. McCain picks his positions on national security based on politics or personal ambition. I have not suggested it because I believe that he genuinely wants to serve America's national interest. Now, it's time for him to acknowledge that I want to do the same. Let me be clear: I will let no one question my love of this country."
- Barack Obama
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